17 Amendments of Jiří POSPÍŠIL related to 2017/2003(INI)
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
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3. Agrees that the collaborative economy could also generate newinteresting entrepreneurial opportunities, new jobs and robust growth, and could play an very important role in making the economic system not only more efficient, but also socially and environmentally more sustainable and in increasing corporate social responsibility;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
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4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy ismay having a profounde an impact on long-established business models; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers’ rights and tax compliance; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
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6. Considers the development of a dynamic and clear legal environment to be of paramount importance forat the existence of a clear legal environment is an essential precondition for the successful operation of the collaborative economy to flourish in the EU;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
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7. Emphasises the need to consider the collaborative economy not only as a business model but also as a new form of integration between the economy and society which is able to embed economic relations within social ones and to create new forms of communitysocietal development;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
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8. Draws attention to the fact that the collaborative economy in Europe has a number of specific traits, as it is generally more rooted at local level, and reflectings the European business structure, which consists mainly of SMEsfact that SMEs play an important role in the European economy;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
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9. Notes that European entrepreneurs show a strong propensity to create collaborative platforms for social purposes, and acknowledges a growing interest in cooperative governance modelsand consumers are showing an increasing predilection for the collaborative economy based on cooperation;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
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10. Underlines the importance of preventing any forms of discrimination, so as to grant effective and equal access to collaborative services, especially for disadvantaged people and communities;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
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11. Calls on the Commission to encourage non-profit, user-governed,onsiders that the collaborative practiceseconomy aimed at building sharing and cooperation, and a commons- oriented approach to the collaborative economy, so as to foster the scalability of a social economy and access to open knowledgecooperation will support the growth of knowledge and skills in society;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
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15. UrgesCalls on the Commission to provide further guidelinerecommendations to Member States with a view to laying down effective criteria for distinguishing between peers and professionals, which is crucial for the fair development of the collaborative economy;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
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17. Believes that consumers should enjoy a high and effective level of protection, regardless of whether services are provided by professionals or peers; highlights, in particular, the importance of protecting consumers in peer-to-peer transactions; welcomes the Commission’s initiaobjective tof ensureing the adequacy of consumer law and preventing abuse of the collaborative economy;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution
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22. Strongly believeConsiders, at the same time, that this self-regulating capacity does not undercut the need for regulation, especially for market failures that platforms cannot address and for other normative goals (e.g. reversing inequalities, boosting fairness, inclusiveness, and openness, etc.);
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
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24. Is convinced that consideration must be given to developing a common EU horizontal and harmonised regulatory framework, consisting of a combination of general principles and specific rules, needs to be developed, in addition to any sector- specific regulation that might be needed, and that this must be consistent with the experience of the Member States;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
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25. Calls on the Commission for an ambitious enforcement framework, and to support the Member States in developing a strong culture of compliance and enforcement;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
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29a. Calls on the Member States to work together and exchange information in the area of taxation in order to eliminate the risk of future cross-border tax fraud;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
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31. Emphasises that the digital revolution is having a profound impact on the labour market and that emerging trends in the collaborative economy are part of a broaderthe current tendency;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
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34. Observes that some local governments are already active in regulating and promoting the collaborative economy, focusing on collaborative practices both as the subject of their policies and as an organising principle of new forms of collaborative governance;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
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37. Points out the importance of adequate competences and skills, in order to enable as many individuals as possible to play an active role in the collaborative economy; is of the opinion that the potential of the collaborative economy will be fully unleashed only through effective policies of social inclusion at EU level, starting with confident and critical use of ICT as a key competence for lifelong learning strategies;